KIEV, Aug. 28 - Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said that the Agreement on a Free Trade Area with the European Union will come into force in early 2016 despite Russia's threats to impose an embargo on Ukrainian goods.

KIEV, Aug. 28 - The debt restructuring deal Ukraine has struck with a group of creditors was seen Friday as tantamount to a default of payment, according to ratings agencies Fitch and Standard & Poor's, AFP reported.

PARIS, Aug. 29 - France, Germany and Russia back plans for a complete ceasefire in eastern Ukraine from Sept. 1, the French presidency said after their respective leaders spoke by telephone on Saturday, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Aug. 28 – The state will do everything possible to rein in prices of bread in Ukraine, despite a rise in the price of grain on the global markets, and the government could introduce direct support for bakeries, Social Policy Minister Serhiy Tyhypko said.

KIEV, Aug. 30 – Prime Minister Mykola Azarov on Thursday rejected speculation Ukraine may be heading towards default and suggested the government will continue a budget policy that challenges recommendations of the International Monetary Fund.

KIEV, Aug. 30 – Ukraine plans to cut Russian natural gas imports by two thirds within the next five years, replacing it with domestically extracted resources, like coal, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said Tuesday.

KIEV, Aug. 30 — The main suspect in the brutal slaying of an investigative reporter in Ukraine more than 10 years ago alleged on Tuesday that former President Leonid Kuchma played a role in the killing, AP reported, citing a lawyer.